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The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids

Edited by David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

Price: £42.50 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-851556-2
Publication date: 24 June 2004
464 pages, numerous halftones, tables & figures, 246x189 mm

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Description
  • The definitive book on the dog family
  • Edited by a world-reknowned specialist
  • A must-have book for those studying carnivores, predators, cooperative breeding and social systems.

Readership: Carnivore conservationists, behavioural ecologists, conservation biologists (from undergrad to postdoctoral level), conservation and wildlife managers. A secondary market exists amongst amateur naturalists, dog owners and dog enthusiasts.

Contents
Part I Reviews:
1. Dramatis personae , Macdonald & Sillero-Zubiri
2. Ancestry , Wang, Tedford, Van Valkenburgh & Wayne
3. Population genetics , Wayne, Geffen & Vila
4. Society , Macdonald, Creel & G. Mills
5. Management , Sillero-Zubiri, Reynolds & Novaro
6. Infectious disease , Woodroffe, Cleaveland, Courtenay, Laurenson & Artois
7. Tools , Boitani, Asa & Moehrenschlager
Part II Case Studies
8. Arctic foxes , Angerbjorn, Hersteinsson & Tannerfeldt
9. Island foxes , Roemer
10. Swift foxes , Moehrenschlager, Cypher, Ralls, List & Sovada
11. Blanford's foxes , Geffen
12. Red foxes , Baker & Harris
13. Raccoon dogs , Kauhala & Saeki
14. Bat-eared foxes , Maas & Macdonald
15. Patagonian foxes , Novaro, Funes & Jimenez
16. Jackals , Macdonald, Loveridge & Atkinson
17. Coyotes , Gese
18. Grey wolves -- Isle Royale , Vucetich & Peterson
19. Grey wolves -- Yellowstone , Phillips, Bangs, Mech, Kelly & Fazio
20. Ethiopian wolves , Sillero-Zubiri, Marino, Gottelli & Macdonald
21. Dholes , Venkataraman & Johnsingh
22. African wild dogs , Creel, M. Mills & McNutt
Conclusions
23. Conservation , Macdonald & Sillero-Zubiri
References

Authors, editors, and contributors


Edited by David W. Macdonald, University of Oxford and
Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, University of Oxford

Contributors:A. Angerbjorn, Marc Artois, C.S. Asa, R.P.D. Atkinson, Philip J. Baker, Ed Bangs, L. Boitani, Sarah Cleaveland, Orin Courtenay, Scott Creel, B.L. Cypher, Buddy B. Fazio, Martin C. Funes, Eli Geffen, Eric M. Gese, Dada Gottelli, Stephen Harris, P. Hersteinsson, Jaime E. Jimenez, A.J.T. Johnsingh, Kaarina Kauhala, Brian T. Kelly, Karen Laurenson, R. List, A.J. Loveridge, Barbara Maas, Jorgelina Marino, J. Weldon McNutt, L. David Mech, Gus Mills, Michael G. L. Mills, A. Moehrenschlager, Andres Novaro, Rolf O. Peterson, Michael K. Phillips, K. Ralls, Jonathan Reynolds, Gary W. Roemer, Midori Saeki, M.A. Sovada, M. Tannerfeldt, Richard H. Tedford, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Ann B. Venkataraman, Carles Vila, John A. Vucetich, Xiaoming Wang, Robert Wayne, Rosie Woodroffe

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